On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Jon Robson <jdlrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm just troubled by some of the language used here, and elsewhere, which > > describes a "fear" of more users. I can't help but wonder how many > companies > > or services would readily welcome a "massive influx of users." How will > > Wikipedia or Commons succeed if we're afraid growth? > > +1. How we change this culture is the holy grail of Wikimedia's > future. Unless we change this, our project will die imo. I was really > saddened to see mobile uploads disappear from web - we had a lot of > spam yes but we also had people posting never before available photos > of diseases [1]. Our communities reaction seems to be to push back on > influxes of new edits which makes me feel we should be spending more > time on moderation tools - but so far I don't see any hint that this > will become a focus. This is a bigger problem than web and apps but so > far we see this more than most... I think this is something we'd have > to convince Lila is a good use of our time... Lila is convinced it is a good use of time; that's why tools for community needs was in the Call To Action. And that's why we announced the creation of a Community Tech team yesterday (see wikimedia-l). Details and prioritization are still to be fleshed out (they can't tackle everything at once!) but moderation tools are definitely one of the things the team could tackle. Luis -- Luis Villa Sr. Director of Community Engagement Wikimedia Foundation *Working towards a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.*
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